Author Archives: dgermann
Powers distinguishable from adult
If we are a species distinguishable from adult, we must have powers distinguishable, not built of strength nor speed, but probably of profundity and meaning and heart for complexity and contradiction. :- Doug.
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Map a power
Map a major part A power beyond adult —story? —far-sight? —mist-ifying? —unknowing? :- Doug.
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inventing a power
We in age have power beyond adult which we must invent and use for good :- Doug.
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A special kind of old
I’m old I’m a special kind of old :- Doug.
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kick in the rump
Here’s the thing— This is and will be enough and The world needs our kick in the rump and We must find a way to live out fully these both at once :- Doug.
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Your contribution of meaning?
What now is your contribution of meaning for those to come? :- Doug.
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Can we mend and heal?
We’re a new generation, but that’s not the significant thing. We have health and energy and freedom—and that’s not either. What’s deepest lies in our new opportunities and responsibilities. There is a larger picture. We are a part and can … Continue reading
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this stage virtually unknown
We don’t have a word for it because this stage of life is virtually unknown to us. :- Doug.
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Notice anything different?
Do you notice anything different in your attitude, in your stance to the world? Is something developing? :- Doug.
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What inhabits your heart
What inhabits your heart has far more power than your timidity supposes :- Doug.
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The meaning of your contribution?
What is the meaning of your contribution now for those to come? :- Doug.
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Out beyond clarity
Out beyond Words Images Clarity Us Love —Meet :- Doug.
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a bell in your bell tower
Quiet friend now meditate be silent that you may hear now from the very darkness sing out a bell in your bell tower that generations may hear :- Doug.
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Your name in thirty years be forgotten
If your name in thirty years be forgotten even then is your life ever fully lost? :- Doug.
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finally bear fruit?
Shouldn’t life finally bear fruit in us? :- Doug.
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far away persons near us
Unknowing going leads to strange roads and far away persons near us :- Doug.
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Basic intention of your life?
What is the basic intention of your life That you know you heard from before you were born The song you must you must sing for the generations If you are to fulfill yourself If you are to be of … Continue reading
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